| Your company’s database needs may have been | | | | While there are designers that charge outrageous |
| met. You could be getting by on existing products | | | | fees and are difficult to deal with, there are plenty of |
| that are not fully customizable. You might be tired of | | | | others that charge reasonable fees and cater to their |
| just getting by. | | | | customers’ needs. After all, techies need jobs, |
| If so, then you are ready for a customized software | | | | too. |
| interface design. Most vendors refuse to customize | | | | The better designers will work with your |
| their products to satisfy individual customers. | | | | company’s team to create the required |
| Each time they create some new version, they want | | | | specifications. They will create drafts and mock-ups, |
| you to purchase it, which often means downtime for | | | | so that you can see how the software interface |
| your employees and you are never sure that the new | | | | design will work. They cater to the inexperienced. |
| version will work any better than the old one. | | | | They don’t speak techno-babble. |
| You are uniquely aware of your company’s needs, | | | | There is no doubt that your company’s database |
| because you are there, day in and day out. You | | | | needs will change as the years go by. But, with the |
| might have even founded the company. | | | | right program, you can easily update or integrate new |
| When you started out, it may have been possible to | | | | applications. You may be able to foresee what your |
| change the internal workings of your company to fit an | | | | company’s growing needs will be. |
| off-the-shelf product. Today, things might have | | | | In that case, applications can be included in your initial |
| changed. | | | | software interface design, but "hidden" until they are |
| If you are a new business, just starting out, you will | | | | needed. When the time comes, you simply turn on |
| save money by customizing your database now, | | | | those hidden applications. |
| instead of waiting for years. The longer you deal with | | | | The companies making the biggest profits today are |
| an ineffective system, the more your business will | | | | those that have kept up with the latest technology. |
| suffer. | | | | They need fewer employees. The employees they |
| You might be ready for a software interface design, | | | | do need can work more efficiently. They have more |
| but worried about dealing with a designer. You might | | | | accurate inventories and better reporting. |
| think that the costs will be too high or dealing with a | | | | All of these things are possible with the right |
| "techie" will be too frustrating. | | | | database. How’s yours working? |